Scotland Meets Thread (formerly Scotland: A Brave Adventure)

[jjharts]

Since Wednesday, I have watched Braveheart, Brave and The Waterhorse (the latter two with the kids). We are officially ready for Scotland!

Throw in a little Rob Roy and you are all set (wouldn't watch it with the kids though )

 

[jjharts]

My dd says to have a blast!!

 

[Calfan]

Throw in a little Rob Roy and you are all set (wouldn't watch it with the kids though )

I think I am out of time. But I did see Rob Roy in the theater when it came out, so I am counting it!

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

My dd says to have a blast!!

OMG, I love this picture! Reminds me of so many of my previous trips. I can't wait. On the three day countdown!

 

[calypso726]

OMG, I love this picture! Reminds me of so many of my previous trips. I can't wait. On the three day countdown!

JJharts that's a Great pic!!! Please tell your DD I am sure we will. It looks like she was having a great time

2 more sleeps and we are off to Scotland!!!

 

[Calfan]

2 more sleeps and we are off to Scotland!!!

Same with us!!!

 

[2BNDisney]

OMG, I love this picture! Reminds me of so many of my previous trips. I can't wait. On the three day countdown!

Awww - brings back great memories
Well I responded to the wrong post but I meant the one with jjharts daughter - lol

 

[2BNDisney]

JJharts that's a Great pic!!! Please tell your DD I am sure we will. It looks like she was having a great time

2 more sleeps and we are off to Scotland!!!

Hope your group has as much fun as ours did.... and little to no rain for you all

 

[edinburghlass]

Not long now and Edinburgh is putting out the flags for you! Mainly because its the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe time where the city will have a huge influx of visitors along with thousands of people bringing shows to the capital.

Some preview shows start from Wednesday (tomorrow) and on Thursday will be the first showing of the Tattoo which is filmed for DVD and TV. I have tickets for this night, they are half normal price due to the cameramen following the performers. Don't get in the way of a marching pipe band as they keep going no matter who is in front of them.

There will be street performers all across the city so plenty to watch for free but do allow plenty of time to get wherever you are going.

Weather has been fantastic for the past few weeks but the last week its been thunder, lightening and rain followed by sunshine, I'm praying for a dry night on Thursday for the Tattoo.

Hope you all enjoy your visit to Scotland and in particular Edinburgh.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Weather has been fantastic for the past few weeks but the last week its been thunder, lightening and rain followed by sunshine, I'm praying for a dry night on Thursday for the Tattoo.

Hope you all enjoy your visit to Scotland and in particular Edinburgh.

Thanks so much for the weather update. I've been watching the forecasts, and it looks like it might be a clear weekend, which would be great since we arrive on Friday, and I'm hoping to climb Arthur's seat on Saturday or Sunday.

 

[2BNDisney]

Not long now and Edinburgh is putting out the flags for you! Mainly because its the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe time where the city will have a huge influx of visitors along with thousands of people bringing shows to the capital.

Some preview shows start from Wednesday (tomorrow) and on Thursday will be the first showing of the Tattoo which is filmed for DVD and TV. I have tickets for this night, they are half normal price due to the cameramen following the performers. Don't get in the way of a marching pipe band as they keep going no matter who is in front of them.

There will be street performers all across the city so plenty to watch for free but do allow plenty of time to get wherever you are going.

Weather has been fantastic for the past few weeks but the last week its been thunder, lightening and rain followed by sunshine, I'm praying for a dry night on Thursday for the Tattoo.

Hope you all enjoy your visit to Scotland and in particular Edinburgh.

I am just curious .... how bad does the weather have to be for them to cancel one of the performances?

 

[Calfan]

I am just curious .... how bad does the weather have to be for them to cancel one of the performances?

Curious about that too since we have tickets for Saturday night.

 

[calypso726]

Not long now and Edinburgh is putting out the flags for you! Mainly because its the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe time where the city will have a huge influx of visitors along with thousands of people bringing shows to the capital.

Some preview shows start from Wednesday (tomorrow) and on Thursday will be the first showing of the Tattoo which is filmed for DVD and TV. I have tickets for this night, they are half normal price due to the cameramen following the performers. Don't get in the way of a marching pipe band as they keep going no matter who is in front of them.

There will be street performers all across the city so plenty to watch for free but do allow plenty of time to get wherever you are going.

Weather has been fantastic for the past few weeks but the last week its been thunder, lightening and rain followed by sunshine, I'm praying for a dry night on Thursday for the Tattoo.

Hope you all enjoy your visit to Scotland and in particular Edinburgh.

Oh we are so looking forward to that! We leave in the morning. Our Tattoo tickets are for Friday. I am hoping for good weather too but happy that we are in the covered seats section in case the weather isn't cooperative.

Thanks so much for the weather update. I've been watching the forecasts, and it looks like it might be a clear weekend, which would be great since we arrive on Friday, and I'm hoping to climb Arthur's seat on Saturday or Sunday.

We are shooting for an Arthur's seat hike on Sunday if we can manage squeezing it in that day. If we aren't too tired and DH is up for it maybe we can do it on Thursday when we arrive. That is probably wishful thinking though LOL

 

[sayhello]

Safe travels, and have a wonderful time to all you leaving in the next few days!

Sayhello

 

[edinburghlass]

I am just curious .... how bad does the weather have to be for them to cancel one of the performances?

It has never been cancelled due to bad weather!

 

[Calfan]

It has never been cancelled due to bad weather!

Awesome! We are leaving for the airport soon. Safe travels to all on the Aug 4 trip. See you all in Edinburgh!

 

[calypso726]

I have started a trip report for anyone interested.

www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=49133537#post49133537

 

[disneydeb8]

Here's wishing all you ABDers set for the Aug 4th Scotland trip a bon voyage and safe journey!

We will be in your shoes this time next year!

cheerio!

 

[disneydeb8]

Sure! Why not Without the travel hacking blogs and forums we would have never had enough miles either. But, then again that was part of the strategic plan to get DH to agree to this trip when we hadn't budgeted for it. We'll probably be in "steerage" for our flight to the DCL Alaska cruise in 2014.

Can someone please share with me how to get started with "travel hacking"?

We are at the 12 month mark for our ABD to Scotland and need airfare for 6 of us! I need MAJOR creative financing to actually pull this dream vacation for my family off --- any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you in advance --- and for those departing soon, please be sure to return to this forum with your trip reports and wisdom to pass on to us!!!

 

[calypso726]

Can someone please share with me how to get started with "travel hacking"?

We are at the 12 month mark for our ABD to Scotland and need airfare for 6 of us! I need MAJOR creative financing to actually pull this dream vacation for my family off --- any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you in advance --- and for those departing soon, please be sure to return to this forum with your trip reports and wisdom to pass on to us!!!

PM on travel hacking sent. I have a trip report started. We are still on our pre-trip portion. Our Brave adventure begins on Sunday. The link to the trip report is a few posts above on post number 557.

With regards to creative financing ... we had not budgeted for this trip so I came up with ideas to creatively finance it. I asked myself, what would I do if I lost my job and the only other job I could find paid less. The answer was suck it up and deal with it so I gave myself a paycut and directed said paycut into a separate checking account that I opened up with Chase. I found an offer code to open up a new checking account and get $200 free for doing so. That was te jump start of the Scotland fund. I put any extra money I got from boarding and grooming dogs (the part time job in addition to my full time job) into the same checking account. Garage sales, Craigslist and Ebay are nice to get some extra $$$ for stuff you don't want or need into the fund. I also put all my effort into learning how to travel hack to fly either free or in style for cost of less than an economy ticket.